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Post by Tig on Jun 16, 2008 22:28:29 GMT
Oooh they are gorgeous Chuckles Save some seeds ;D  x Tig |
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Post by Plocket on Jun 17, 2008 7:00:42 GMT
Gosh they are stunning Chuckles! Sara sent me some too and although they germinated as soon as I planted them the slugs thought it was a party buffet! Anyway I'm nurturing three which should hopefully flower next year  Btw:  |
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Post by nightowl on Jun 17, 2008 9:18:24 GMT
That's luscious!   |
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 24, 2008 15:53:51 GMT
Another of the Black Poppies from the seeds Sara sent me, this is fabber than the other and when I looked back she did say they were Peony Poppies ;D  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 24, 2008 16:52:30 GMT
I'd like a velvet ballgown with a skirt like that. How sumptious those petals are. Beautiful..
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Post by Plocket on Jun 24, 2008 17:59:50 GMT
Beeeeeautiful! |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 24, 2008 20:11:48 GMT
Wow, that's gorgeous!
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 30, 2008 7:57:38 GMT
Had to lie flat to get this one, the inside of my Arisaema  |
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Post by Plocket on Jun 30, 2008 9:40:31 GMT
WOW!!!  That is something else! |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 30, 2008 11:00:06 GMT
Very easy to grow Plocket.  |
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Post by Plocket on Jun 30, 2008 12:44:34 GMT
Mmmm! I'm not sure where though. I'm even struggling to find space for a small pot with a purple leaved chilli in it!  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jun 30, 2008 16:28:08 GMT
Had to lie flat to get this one, the inside of my Arisaema OMG ........... I sooooooo need one ;D. Stunning! S x |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 30, 2008 19:03:40 GMT
Wt, you managed to get up again then! Don't know if I would if I had to lie flat to take a photo!
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 30, 2008 19:57:53 GMT
Susie, I just bought the bulb from a GC, and it grew. If you go to the Jacques Amand website, the UK one, they have lots of different kinds. There is a gorgeous pink and white striped one that I adore. And Arisaema griffithii is HUGE. I am definitely sending for one. |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jun 30, 2008 20:52:30 GMT
Thanks WT, I'll take a peek S x |
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Post by Tig on Jul 26, 2008 12:14:45 GMT
My 'black' zantesdeschia   |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 26, 2008 14:37:52 GMT
Lovely Tig ...erm isn't is a bit purple perhaps??
RF
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Post by Ruthie on Jul 26, 2008 18:54:40 GMT
Well yes.....but so is Tulip 'Queen of Night'.
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Post by Tig on Jul 26, 2008 20:56:48 GMT
I'm blaming my camera RF ;D It is 'purplish' black - if I pop outside and take another piccie just now I'm sure it will be jet black |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 27, 2008 5:45:00 GMT
I think that it is stunning, no matter what.
RF
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Post by Ruthie on Jul 31, 2008 19:24:15 GMT
I KNOW this isn't a flower but it is nearly black and I'm so excited as I've wanted one for ages and finally got one this year!  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 8, 2008 13:30:11 GMT
I think this should go here! I planted 10 Gladiola Black Jack corms back in March and this is the only one that has come up.  |
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Post by Plocket on Aug 8, 2008 13:36:11 GMT
Oh that is GORGEOUS! Mine are growing ok but haven't shown any sign of flowering  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 8, 2008 13:54:21 GMT
Thank you Plocket! I think I lost the others to a family of mice! I was blaming slugs for munching through the new shoots and OH said he had seen rabbits on the terraced bit of the garden (I have never seen rabbits come that close to the house myself!) but I was sitting having a cup of tea on the patio one evening at the beginning of June and heard a munching noise. Then I saw a mouse busy gnawing through another gladiola stem. It shot off very quickly when I moved! |
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Post by Plocket on Aug 8, 2008 14:05:04 GMT
Eeek the little whatsits! Nine glads? Goodness they must be stuffed mice now. At least one has done beautifully. I wonder if it's worth lifting and planting in a cage of some sort, or is that too much bother for one gladioli? |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 8, 2008 14:12:46 GMT
I'm going to sit with it! ;D I think the mice are history for the moment. The folk 2 doors away keep ponies and I wonder if they put something down in their feed store as we have recently found quite a lot of little expired mice. I don't like mice but I found out a few weeks ago what mouse poison does to them....  |
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Post by Plocket on Aug 8, 2008 14:15:01 GMT
Oh yuck - the poor little things  |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 9, 2008 7:10:52 GMT
I think this should go here! I planted 10 Gladiola Black Jack corms back in March and this is the only one that has come up. It may be the only one Jasmine but it's lovely. It is almost black at the bud end and the ends of each petal, fab colour. I bought a black Agapanthus this year, it will be interesting to see how black that is next year |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 9, 2008 14:26:41 GMT
Thanks Chuckles! I was really pleased with that one flower and I'm going to plant some more darker coloured gladiolas next year.
I've not seen a black agapanthus so it will be interesting to see how dark it is when it flowers.
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2009 7:19:20 GMT
This was a toss up - Yellow thread or this one - this one won.  RF |
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That is something else!
